The International Media Council of the Next Century Foundation is convinced that the honesty or dishonesty of media affects the mental health of the world. Freedom of expression is vital as a means of permitting all views to flourish peacefully. It is a cliché that the price of this freedom must be continual vigilance – in particular vigilance to identify and expose the encouragement of malice, war and the incident of hate speech and image.

Friday, February 03, 2012

Faked Al Jazeera Syria story

Abu Heitham Qasqos, who was quoted by Al-Jazeera as an eyewitness to the Jisr al Shagoor killings, said that the network offered him $200 and a meal and asked him to say what they wanted him to say. Abu Heitham disclosed his allegations with regard to the bribe on 29th November 2011 in an interview with Iran's Fars newsagency. This is one of a number of allegedly false reports by Al Jazeera at this time. See this link

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The Media Ethics Code

1. Write the facts as you see them2. A story without a source is a source of trouble3. A source is not a source when the story is based on rumour4. When in doubt, cut it out5. Prejudge no one6. Be objective7. Divorce comment from news and label it as such8. Commentators are not exempt from the duty to be accurate9. Never incite racial or religious division10. Enlighten, lest we fail to understand one another